Chapter 1722

The other squad members were also nearby, and those squad captains were all very calm; although the lords were puzzled, none of them had too many questions.

Apart from those spies, most lords were indifferent.

Li Ruanyu's gaze was like a torch.

She stared at every lord's reaction on the scene.

When her gaze swept past Zhao Chi, her eyebrows lifted slightly, and the corner of her mouth curved into a small hook.

Then her gaze quickly swept past Zhao Chi and moved to the next lord.

Su Qin 【Zhao Chi, Zhao Chi, to your front-left】

Su Qin's message came through.

Right now there were translucent people everywhere; although they could be seen, it was a bit hard to tell who was who.

But there was also an advantage.

Zhao Chi's gaze could pass through the bodies of the people in front and see Su Qin waving from behind several people.

Zhao Chi was the first from the Clear Bamboo group to arrive.

The others hadn't arrived yet.

When Su Qin saw Zhao Chi, her eyes were full of smiles.

Zhao Chi suddenly noticed that Su Qin's gaze was different from Li Ruanyu's.

Li Ruanyu's gaze was full of tenderness, a gaze brimming with affection, very similar to Gu Qing's.

Like the way one looks at a younger brother.

There was always a feeling of being cared for.

But Gu Qing's gaze also carried some very obvious desire.

Su Qin, however, was completely different from them.

The way Su Qin looked at Zhao Chi was one of worship, plus trust and delight.

It was the way a woman looks at a man.

In a single gaze, there could actually be so many differences.

Soon, the other group members also arrived.

First Xiang Yuan, then Geng Zhan.

As always calm, Fu Yi was once again the last to arrive.

Geng Zhan didn't miss the chance to "mock" Fu Yi in the group chat.

Geng Zhan 【Haha, how is your sense of direction even worse than Xiang Yuan's?】

Before Fu Yi could speak, Xiang Yuan replied first.

Xiang Yuan 【What's that supposed to mean? What do you mean worse than me? I was the second to arrive, you were the third】

Fu Yi 【Ignore him, Geng Zhan just loves making trouble out of nothing. Zhao Chi, are you fighting with us this time? Or continuing on your own?】

Although they hadn't spent much time with Zhao Chi, they had spent quite a lot of time with Su Qin.

Su Qin, both in her words and expressions, constantly revealed worship and trust toward Zhao Chi.

It didn't seem like treating a lord from the next session at all, but more like treating a... instructor?

At first Geng Zhan and the others couldn't understand it.

But after several commendation assemblies, they had also guessed some of it.

They had truly treated Zhao Chi as a newbie before, but now they all instinctively showed respect.

Zhao Chi 【Mm, this time I'll still fight on my own. I won't hold you back, right? Clearly taking up a spot in the group, yet always acting alone】

Geng Zhan 【What's this? That's not a problem. If we're short on people we'll keep recruiting, anyway the group quota can handle up to 10 lords with no issue, mainly we're not short on people right now】

Fu Yi 【That's right, Zhao Chi, 5 people have a 5-person way of fighting, 4 people have a 4-person way, you don't need to worry about us on that. And with Su Qin here, we can already very easily deal with opponents from the same session】

Xiang Yuan 【But Zhao Chi, if you have time in the future, still join us. Of course it's better with one more person, after all it's really not easy to find a teammate you can trust】

Zhao Chi 【Alright, I understand, when there's a chance in the future】

Everyone was chatting.

Li Ruanyu's mandatory communication came through.

It was sent in the name of Jasper Squad Captain, as well as temporary overall commander.

【Everyone pay attention, the enemy has arrived, be ready to engage at any time】

【Both sides are in an encounter battle, everyone match up quickly, or there may be no enemies left to fight】

【This battle is only the first, there are other battles after, everyone try to cooperate, use numbers to take on one, don't lose too much strength】

【Alright, prepare!】

Everyone looked south.

The winter overcast sun cast a hazy, pale white light.

Several black dots appeared on the southern horizon.

They looked few in number.

But in reality, there were many.

Because those were all mages.

They relied on their skills to set up temporary teleportation points, allowing numerous lords to instantly transfer to the target location.

Just like how Zhao Chi and the others had instantly appeared here, that was also a temporary teleportation point set up by mages.

If it were during the time when the formation was open before, the lords could have teleported directly over.

But now everything was in chaos everywhere.

Most formations had lost their connections, contracting their range to gather energy.

The lords could no longer teleport freely.

Those few black dots grew larger and larger.

The many lords held their breath, waiting for the battle that was about to unfold.

They drew closer and closer.

Closer and closer.

Suddenly, those few people seemed to sense something, their faces showing extreme astonishment.

At that moment, Li Ruanyu directly opened her mouth and shouted: "Connect immediately, go!"

In an instant, a surging sensation rippled through space, and all the lords vanished.

Zhao Chi also returned to Peach Blossom Village.

The system popped up the matching interface.

Zhao Chi didn't waste any time and immediately entered to start matching.

【Both Sides' Lords' Status】

【Our Lords】: 2,839 people

「Village Level」 1,321

「Town Level」 1,280

「County Level」 225

「Commandery Level」 13

【Enemy Lords】: 1,207 people

「Village Level」 977

「Town Level」 199

「County Level」 27

「Commandery Level」 3

「Prefecture Level」 1

Zhao Chi glanced over briefly and immediately took in all this information.

Looking at this data, it was easy to see that the Heavenly King Army was still the same as ever — the nature of a rabble hadn't changed.

On the World-Breaking Army's side, although there were also many village-level lords, the number was already close to that of the town-level lords.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly King Army had a very high proportion of village-level lords.

Additionally, among the county-level lords, the World-Breaking Army had 225 people, while the Heavenly King Army had only 27 — nearly a nine-fold gap.

The number of commandery-level lords also had a considerable gap.

However, what was somewhat unexpected was that this time the Heavenly King Army actually had a prefecture-level lord connected among them.